Remove Element is a WordPress ability from The Plus Addons for Elementor — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Remove Element
DestructiveRemoves an element and all its children from a page.
Requires the The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin (which registers under the 'tpae' ability category) on WordPress 6.9+, with Elementor active. Every ability requires the current user to have the 'edit_posts' capability (and 'edit_post' for the specific post being modified); abilities that create or edit content also verify Elementor and, where relevant, the target The Plus widget are available. A subset of abilities (theme templates, template conditions, dynamic tags, popups, and some custom-code abilities) only register when Elementor Pro is active, and many widget abilities load only in the free plugin when the Pro add-on is inactive.
What it does
execute_remove_element requires post_id and element_id, loads page data, calls data->remove_element() to delete the element (and any nested children) from the tree, saves the page, and returns success=true, or a WP_Error if the element isn't found.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Remove the widget with ID abc123 from page 42, including any nested children."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The post/page ID. |
| element_id | string | Yes | The element ID to remove. |
Returns
Returns success (boolean).
Permission
check_edit_permission requires current_user_can('edit_posts') and, when post_id is given, current_user_can('edit_post', post_id).
More The Plus Addons for Elementor abilities
Accordion
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Add Code Snippet
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Add Container
Adds a new Elementor flex container to a page or nests it inside another existing container.
Add Container
Adds a flex or grid container to a page, optionally nested inside a parent container.
Add Custom CSS
Adds custom CSS to a specific element or to the entire page (requires Elementor Pro).
Add Custom JavaScript
Adds a custom JavaScript snippet to a page by inserting an HTML widget containing a <script> tag; works with free Elementor.